Volvo RS300 End of Season Championship at Datchet Water Sailing Club

Volvo RS End of Season Championships 2014 © LPB Aerial Imagery

Volvo RS End of Season Championships 2014 © LPB Aerial Imagery

As the curtain was closing on the 2014 season Tim Keen, Harry McVicar and James Carnague would fight it out for the final bragging rights of the year.

With the wind blowing it would be a close battle to lead in race 1 between McVicar, Keen and Carnague. Synchronised capsizes by McVicar and Keen resulted in McVicar's trusty sail track de-laminating itself from the mast. Later Carague aggravated an old shoulder injury in a capsize leaving Keen to be the sole survivor and winner of race 1. With a quick change of helm on RS300 509 (the Carnague craft) it was match racing for Keen and McVicar. McVicar took early leads in both races 2 and 3 with his exceptional ability to point, but Keen managed to sneak through for 2 more wins.

Sunday saw the fleet held ashore for at least 1 hour before being launched. Once afloat we were postponed for about another 1.5 hours while the wind made up its mind on where it wanted to blow from. Once the racing was under way the McVicar boat with a Carnague mast was too quick for Keen to keep up in both of the races.

Final positions: Tim Keen first, Harry McVicar second and James Carnague third. Thank you James for lending Harry your mast.

As part of its support of RS Sailing and the RS Class Associations, Volvo Car UK had a strong presence at the End of Seasons, putting on a variety of shore side activities, including a colouring competition, remote controlled cars and the Sail for Gold Game. Team Volvo sailor and London 2012 silver medallist Luke Patience competed at the event in the RS200 class and presented the prizes.

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